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How can I be a good boss?
- Chapter Excerpt -
Although the image of an authoritative, hierarchical
supervisor often serves as a stereotype for the
typical German boss, in reality, today’s
bosses must also be motivators, coaches, visionaries,
coordinators and communicators.
For these reasons it is all the more likely that
the modern boss can be found working in large corporations
like VW, Siemens, e-on, Mer-cedes or the Deutsche
Bank. It is here that a cooperative demeanor has
most obviously won out over the authoritative leadership
style.
In conjunction with this new leadership
style, great expectations are also placed on employees.
These include high levels of initiative, enthusiasm,
self-motivation, teamwork, and endurance in the
face of frustrating problems. In turn, employees
begin to question their work much more critically
than before: Why am I doing this? For what reason?
Who exactly are my customers? This newfound interest
in one’s tasks leads employees – supervisors
and subordinates alike – to personally take
responsibility for their actions when it comes
to achieving their job’s priorities.
In the
meantime, books packed with tips on how to be a
good boss are starting to fill whole bookshelves.
In most of these, three main leadership styles
are defined: the authoritative/directive style,
the democratic/cooperative style, and the laissez-faire
style. Clearly, leadership style is also strongly
influenced by a supervisor’s personal-ity,
however, as a supervisor, it is a good idea to
decide which per-sonal characteristics you wish
to express and which you would rather suppress.
This chapter will mainly discuss the so-called “democratic” leadership
style, but we briefly define the two other styles:
- The
authoritative leadership style is direct, brief,
and characte-rized by a patriarchal boss.
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You will find the entire article in our book.
Enjoy reading!
Keywords: boss,
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, business etiquette in Germany , business communication
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